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Steven M. Skolnick
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Roseland New York
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Steven M. Skolnick, Esq. is a Member of Lowenstein Sandler PC in Roseland, New Jersey, where he is a member of the firm’s Specialty Finance Group and M&A and Corporate Finance Practice Group. Mr. Skolnick has extensive experience in securities regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, business planning and general corporate matters. Mr. Skolnick has been very active in representing underwriters and issuers in public securities offerings, including both initial and secondary offerings and PIPEs, SPACs and convertible equity and debt offerings representing placement agents, institutional investors and issuers. Mr. Skolnick also regularly advises companies and their boards on SEC compliance and disclosure issues and corporate governance matters. In addition, Mr. Skolnick counsels investment banks on federal securities law, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Nasdaq and AMEX issues and provides other transaction and disclosure advice.

Recent Speaking Engagements:
  • DealFlow SPAC Conference 2008, Panel Moderator, Topic: Structuring Alternatives at the Front End, New York, NY, June 4-5, 2008
  • SPACs Legal Panel Speaker, Vintage Filings SPACs Conference, Boston, MA, March 18th, 2008
  • Roth Capital Partner's 20th Annual OC Conference, Topic: New SPAC Developments, Dana Point, CA, February 18-21, 2008
  • Alternative Public Offerings Panel Speaker, FRA Conference, New York, NY, January 29-30, 2008
  • SPACs: Modifying the Shareholder Redemption and Proxy Vote Process, DealFlow Media, New York, NY, January 18, 2008
  • Roth Capital Partners 2007 New York Conference, Westin Times Square, New York, NY, September 5-6, 2007
  • Speaker, Sox Compliance - What's Working, What's Not! (Financial Decision Makers Roundtable), Paramus NJ, February 6, 2007
  • Speaker, Roth Capital Partner's 18th Annual OC Conference, Topic: Recent Regulatory Concerns in the PIPEs Market, New York, NY, September 2006
  • Speaker, The PIPEs Conference Europe 2006, London, June 2006
  • Speaker, Roth Capital Partner's 18th Annual OC Conference, Topic: Getting PIPEs Done in 2006, Dana Point, CA, February 2006
  • Corporate Governance Compliance Forum, June 15, 2005





  • Another Federal Court Rules Against the SEC on PIPE Shorting Claims
    Specialty Finance Alert, January 2008
    Steven Siesser, John Hogoboom, Steven Skolnick

  • Amended Rule 144 Update
    Specialty Finance Alert, January 2008
    Steven Siesser, John Hogoboom, Steven Skolnick

  • SEC Adopts Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements of Forms S-3 and F-3
    Specialty Finance Alert, December 2007
    Steven Siesser, John Hogoboom, Steven Skolnick

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  • Steven M. Skolnick sites the sale of private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners' Boise Cascade unit to Aldabra Acquisition Corp. as an example of special purpose acquisition companies serving as a favorable option to private equity., Chicago Tribune, September 8, 2007

  • Steven E. Siesser and Steven M. Skolnick, spotlighted for their commentary at the 2006 annual Roth Capital Partners' conference, discuss the SEC's interest in PIPEs transactions and the agency's growing scrutiny on investors., Corporate Financing Week, September 11, 2006

  • Steven M. Skolnick discusses the SEC's oversight role surrounding expanding methods such as SPACs and the regulatory climate that has shifted as a result., Finance & Accounting View, February 2006

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  • October 27-28, 2008
    The Future of the SPAC Market: Fall 2008



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    Corporate
    Corporate Finance & Securities
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    PIPEs & Registered Direct Offerings
    Private Equity & Mezzanine Financing


    Education

    St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1993), cum laude
    Amherst College (B.A., 1988)




    New Jersey
    New York




    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • American Bar Association



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